Kansas City Royals @ Cincinnati Reds

Spring Training

17-10, 9-5 Away

Final

10-15, 7-5 Home


KC
CIN

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	11	11	0
2	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	8	13	0

C. Stratton1-0

1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 K, 0 BB

J. Murphy0-1

0.1 IP, 3 H, 6 ER, 0 K, 2 BB

Royals Hitting

hitters
K. IsbelCF
J. WiemerCF
H. RenfroeDH
S. NivensPR-DH
M. MasseyLF
N. PrattoLF
N. Loftin2B
P. WilsonPR-2B
C. Biggio3B
KulasinghamPR-3B
N. VelazquezRF
D. HernandezPR-RF
H. Castro1B
B. Squires1B
B. O'KeefeC
L. TreshC
T. TolbertSS
A. CharlesPR-SS
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.310	.324
2	2	2	2	0	0	.303	.410	.545
5	0	1	1	0	1	.300	.400	.600
0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000
3	0	0	0	0	3	.359	.447	.513
1	1	1	0	1	0	.200	.351	.333
2	0	0	0	2	2	.400	.550	.567
1	1	1	1	0	0	.263	.364	.684
2	0	0	1	1	0	.185	.463	.370
1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
3	1	2	1	1	0	.208	.345	.250
1	1	0	0	0	0	.125	.200	.125
2	1	1	2	1	0	.310	.362	.476
1	0	1	0	0	0	.154	.154	.231
3	1	1	1	1	1	.222	.333	.389
1	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.357
3	0	1	2	1	0	.294	.342	.529
1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286
35	11	11	11	8	8

Batting
2BCastro (4, Barlow); Wiemer (2, Murphy); Squires (1, Sanmartin)
RBICastro 2 (9), Renfroe (10), Biggio (3), O'Keefe (2), Velázquez (1), Tolbert 2 (10), Wiemer 2 (9), Wilson (4)
2Out RBICastro, Renfroe, O'Keefe, Tolbert 2, Wiemer 2, Wilson
SFCastro
GIDPO'Keefe; Velázquez
Team LOB7
Team RISP6-13 (Kulasingham 0-1, Charles 0-1, Castro 1-1, Wilson 1-1, Wiemer 1-1, Tresh 0-1, Tolbert 1-1, Massey 0-1, Isbel 0-1, O'Keefe 1-2, Renfroe 1-2)

Baserunning
SBVelázquez (1, 2nd base off Barlow/Trevino); Tolbert 2 (7, 3rd base off La Sorsa/Trevino, 2nd base off La Sorsa/Trevino)

Fielding
PBO'Keefe

Reds Hitting

hitters
T. FriedlDH
aT. LewisPH-DH
M. McLain2B
V. Acosta2B
E. De La CruzSS
S. StafuraSS
A. HaysLF
J. HurtubiseLF
C. Encarnacion-Strand1B
E. Rios1B
J. Candelario3B
A. Callahan3B
S. EspinalRF
B. DunnCF
J. TrevinoC
W. BanfieldC
S. FairchildCF
H. RodriguezRF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.286	.348	.333
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.277	.306	.447
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
3	2	2	2	1	1	1	.410	.521	.795
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.571	1.000
3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.270	.325	.595
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.463	.484
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.273	.298	.523
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.222
2	1	1	1	0	1	0	.219	.324	.375
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.625	.600
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.279	.439
2	1	2	2	1	0	0	.317	.378	.585
4	0	1	2	0	0	0	.161	.212	.226
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.227	.579
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.161	.257	.226
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333
40	8	13	8	2	4	10

a-struck out swinging for Friedl in the 8th

Batting
2BHays (2, Bubic)
3BDunn (1, Stratton)
HRDunn (2, 9th inning off Sears 0 on, 2 Out); De La Cruz (4, 1st inning off Bubic 1 on, 1 Out)
RBICandelario (8), Trevino 2 (3), Hays (10), Dunn 2 (8), De La Cruz 2 (10)
2Out RBICandelario, Dunn 2
Team LOB9
Team RISP2-8 (Encarnacion-Strand 0-1, De La Cruz 0-1, Hurtubise 0-1, Espinal 0-1, Hays 0-1, Trevino 1-2, Candelario 1-1)

Fielding
DP2 (De La Cruz-McLain-Encarnacion-Strand , Candelario-McLain-Encarnacion-Strand)

Royals Pitching

pitchers
K. Bubic
A. Hoffmann
T. Clarke
C. Estevez
C. Stratton(W, 1-0)
S. Long
B. Sears
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	ERA
3.2	6	6	6	2	4	1	6.48
0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	5.87
0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.25
1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	3.00
1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.00
1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	4.50
0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	9.00
9.0	13	8	8	4	10	2

Reds Pitching

pitchers
B. Suter
E. Pagan(H, 2)
J. La Sorsa(H, 3)
S. Barlow(B, 1)
G. Ashcraft(H, 1)
B. Shaw
J. Murphy(L, 0-1, B, 1)
R. Sanmartin
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	7.50
1.0	1	0	0	2	1	2.25
1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0.00
1.0	3	2	2	0	1	4.50
3.0	0	0	0	1	2	5.51
0.1	2	3	3	1	0	11.25
0.1	3	6	6	2	0	81.00
1.1	2	0	0	1	1	0.00
9.0	11	11	11	8	8

Pitching
HBPBiggio (by Murphy)

Scoring Summary

		KC	CIN
1st	De La Cruz homered to center, McLain scored.	0	2
4th	Castro doubled to left, Velázquez scored.	1	2
4th	O'Keefe singled to right, Castro scored.	2	2
4th	Trevino singled to left, Encarnacion-Strand scored and Candelario scored.	2	4
5th	Hays doubled to left, De La Cruz scored.	2	5
5th	Candelario singled to right, Hays scored.	2	6
7th	Dunn tripled to right, Callahan scored.	2	7
8th	Biggio hit by pitch, Wiemer scored, Wilson to second, Pratto to third.	3	7
8th	Velázquez walked, Pratto scored, Kulasingham to second, Wilson to third.	4	7
8th	Castro hit sacrifice fly to center, Wilson scored, Kulasingham to third.	5	7
8th	Tolbert singled to left, D. Hernandez scored and Kulasingham scored, O'Keefe to second.	7	7
8th	Wiemer doubled to left, Charles scored and O'Keefe scored.	9	7
8th	Renfroe singled to left, Wiemer scored.	10	7
8th	Wilson singled to right, Nivens scored, Pratto to third.	11	7
9th	Dunn homered to left.	11	8

Goodyear Ballpark

8:05 PM, 20 March 2025

Goodyear, Arizona

Attendance: 6,669

Game Time:3:05

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Nic Lentz
First Base Umpire - Derek Thomas
Second Base Umpire - Jacob Metz
Third Base Umpire - Nate Tomlinson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Kansas City Royals @ Cincinnati Reds

C. Stratton1-0

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